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The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph [1]) is a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century and Emperor Ivan VI of Russia in the 18th century. The originally Franconian family from the Meuse-Moselle area was closely related to the imperial family of the Carolingians . Origins.
- Welf I, Duke of Bavaria
Welf I / Welf IV Herzog von Bayern (in German); Sir Andrew...
- Guelphs and Ghibellines
Guelph (often spelled Guelf; in Italian Guelfo, plural...
- Welf I, Duke of Bavaria
English: Guelf, or Guelph. Italian: Guelpho. Welf Dynasty, dynasty of German nobles and rulers who were the chief rivals of the Hohenstaufens in Italy and central Europe in the Middle Ages and who later included the Hanoverian Welfs, who, with the accession of George I to the British throne, became rulers of Great Britain.
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Guelph (/ ˈ ɡ w ɛ l f / ⓘ GWELF; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as The Royal City, it is roughly 22 km (14 mi) east of Kitchener and 70 km (43 mi) west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wellington County Road 124.
- Canada
- April 23, 1827
- 334 m (1,096 ft)
- April 23, 1879
A General history of the House of Guelph or Royal Family of Great Britain from the earliest period in which the name appears upon record to the accession of His Majesty King George the First to the throne ... / by Andrew Halliday. 1821. 32.0 x 5.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1021274. Description.
Jun 4, 2007 · A General history of the house of Guelph, or royal family of Great Britain, from the earliest period in which the name appears upon the record to the accession of His Majesty King George and First to the throne ; with an appendix of authentic and original documents by Halliday, Andrew, Sir, 1781-1839
Jun 5, 2019 · The city of Guelph was named by founder John Galt in 1827 to honour the British Royal Family, the Hanoverians, who were descended from the House of Welf (Also known as the Guelfs or Guelph), one of the great political factions in late medieval Germany and Italy, and the ancestral family of the reigning British monarch at the time George IV.
